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2. 9 Weird Symptoms Cardiologists Say You Should Never Ignore

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   A condition called peripheral artery disease (PAD), for example, occurs when the arteries that carry blood from the heart to the legs get clogged; it’s associated with an increased risk of heart ...

3. Claudication - Wikipedia

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   Claudication is most common in the calves but it can also affect the feet, thighs, hips, buttocks, or arms. [2] The word claudication comes from Latin claudicare 'to limp'. Claudication that appears after a short amount of walking may sometimes be described by US medical professionals by the number of typical city street blocks that the patient ...

4. Intermittent claudication - Wikipedia

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   Intermittent claudication is a symptom and is by definition diagnosed by a patient reporting a history of leg pain with walking relieved by rest. However, as other conditions such as sciatica can mimic intermittent claudication, testing is often performed to confirm the diagnosis of peripheral artery disease. [citation needed]

5. Atherosclerosis - Wikipedia

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   Peripheral arteries, which supply blood to the legs, arms, and pelvis, also experience marked narrowing due to plaque rupture and clots. Symptoms of the narrowing are pain and numbness within the arms or legs. Another significant location for plaque formation is the renal arteries, which supply blood to the kidneys.

6. Clogged Arteries Can Play a Significant Role in Severe Heart ...

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   Those symptoms can also come as a result of a coronary artery spasm, which occurs when an artery in the heart squeezes shut. Clogged arteries can cause those events, as well. 4.

7. 5 Surprising Silent Symptoms of Clogged Arteries - AOL

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   Each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 735,000 people have a heart attack and 610,000 people die of coronary heart disease (CHD).

8. Femoropopliteal bypass - Wikipedia

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   Femoropopliteal bypass surgery is mainly used to treat cases of femoral artery blockage that cause more severe symptoms that restrict completion of daily tasks such as peripheral artery disease and claudication, or cases that have not responded well to other treatment options . Before surgery is considered, adjustments are made to lifestyle ...

9. Femoral artery - Wikipedia

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   Schema of arteries of the thigh, including femoral artery and branches. Common femoral artery. The superficial circumflex iliac artery [14] is a small branch that runs up to the region of the anterior superior iliac spine. The superficial epigastric artery [14] is a small branch that crosses the inguinal ligament and runs to the region of the ...